World Bank GroupNEW DELHI, April 9, 2026 — Growth in India is projected at 6.6% in FY27, as higher energy prices caused by the Middle East conflict and supply chain disruptions weigh on economic activity. But even with the slowdown, India remains among the fastest-growing major economies in the world, says the World Bank’s latest economic update.Rel...
Reforms to Build a More Dynamic Private Sector Can Bolster Job Creation and ResilienceWASHINGTON, April 8, 2026—Economic growth in the developing countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is likely to slow substantially this year because of the impact of the conflict in the Middle East, geopolitical tensi...
Region needs reforms to create enough jobs, accelerate growthWASHINGTON, April 8, 2026—Growth in South Asia is expected to slow to 6.3% in 2026—from 7% in 2025—due to disruptions in global energy markets, says the World Bank Group in its twice-a-year regional outlook.Released today, the latest South Asia Economic Update, Working with Industrial Pol...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWashington, DC – April 1, 2026: The Heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank Group have agreed to form a coordination group to maximize their institutions’ response to the energy and economic impacts of the war in the Middle East. They issued the following joint statement:The Mi...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2026— Rebalancing water use across the global food system is key to meeting future food demand sustainably and could generate 245 million long-term jobs, largely in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new World Bank Group report launched today.The report – Nourish and Flourish: Water Solutions to Feed 10 Billion People on a Liva...
BRUSSELS, March 12, 2026—Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania could raise labor productivity by up to 10 to 15 percent through wider adoption of digital technologies, particularly software and AI-enabled tools, according to the World Bank Group’s latest EU Regular Economic Report released today. With the EU economy expanding at roughly one percent annu...
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2026 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency’s (MIGA) Board of Directors approved the first in a series of operations to support Angola’s ambitious structural reform agenda and its efforts to diversify its economy, promote inclusive growth, and ramp up job creation, part...
Only 4% of women worldwide live in economies that provide nearly full legal equality WASHINGTON, February 24, 2026—Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating that the barriers that keep women from contributing fully to growth and prosperity are far steeper than previou...
While inflation has continued to fall across LICs, food insecurity remains serious. | © Shutterstock.comLow-income countries (LICs) have shown notable resilience in recent years. Despite heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty, persistent conflict, and extreme weather, activity firmed last year, in some cases surpassing expectations (figure 1). A...
A teacher uses a tablet in her classroom. In middle-income countries, AI usage is concentrated among ICT workers and teaching professionals. Copyright: Adobe StockUntil recently, researchers studying AI's labor market effects had to work with a fundamental limitation: Without actual usage data, we had to rely on theoretical measures of "exposure&q...
